Mental health and wellbeing calendar: autumn term

A calendar of curriculum themes and occasions linked to mental health for the 2025 autumn term, with activity ideas and suggestions for each theme.

Last reviewed: 03 September 2025

The autumn term can bring fresh opportunities for students and staff to reconnect and refocus. Our mental health and wellbeing calendar is designed to help schools and colleges plan for this time of year.

It brings together key awareness days and themes, alongside ideas, activities and free resources that can be adapted for your setting.

This term’s calendar features:

  • Youth Mental Health Day
  • Black History Month
  • World Mental Health Day
  • Anti-Bullying Week
  • ...and many more!

New this year, the calendar includes an extended list of awareness days to spark fresh ideas and activities that schools and colleges may wish to explore across the term.

Using this resource

This resource is designed for:

  • education staff in primary, secondary and FE settings.

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